<div dir="ltr">So I was in a thing yesterday with a very senior government relations person from one of the top 3 clouds. And they'd been advised the legislation had very vague wording, meant that they and all cloud services had potential liability.<br><br><div>At least one other major cloud's lobbyists had the same advice. Both tried to alert the government to the fact they'd cast the net far wider than anticipated.<div><br><div><div><br></div><div>So some hurried back-channel efforts were made to change the wording of the legislation to be more specific about social media.<div><br></div><div>Those changes weren't made and this government relations pro was flabbergasted at the haste and lack of consultation.</div><div><br></div><div>He said it just makes it easier for people to fling FUD at the whole local industry.</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 10:47 AM Narelle Clark <<a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com">narellec@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just to clarify - it was introduced to the Senate and approved last night. It will hit the House of Reps today.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And the PJCIS hasn't even seen it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This is flawed in so many ways, and it will affect our industry massively. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Why should anyone build a content related business here? How do we protect staff and customers from malicious posting in order to invoke this legislation? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Narelle </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 4 Apr. 2019, 10:43 am Narelle Clark, <<a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank">narellec@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Parliament has just rushed through more impractical legislation to jail executives of content providers (that would be all of us) if vile content is not removed "expeditiously".</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Here is some reaction to it...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">Overview: <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-04-04/facebook-youtube-social-media-laws-rushed-and-flawed-critics-say/10965812" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-04-04/facebook-youtube-social-media-laws-rushed-and-flawed-critics-say/10965812</a></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><br></div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Law Council:  </span><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/start-ups-concerned-about-new-social-media-laws/10969282" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/start-ups-concerned-about-new-social-media-laws/10969282</a><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </span><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">Scott Farquar: <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/rushed-social-media-legislation-is-seriously-flawed/10969482" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/rushed-social-media-legislation-is-seriously-flawed/10969482</a></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"> </div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">Narelle </div></div></div>
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